Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], October 20 (ANI): The Rajasthan Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Core Committee will be held in the national capital on Friday to hold discussions about the preparations for the 2023 assembly elections and 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 21 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Wednesday tested positive for COVID-19 and urged those who had come in contact with him to take necessary precautions.

Agartala Apr 25 PTI Union minister Pratima Bhoumik on Monday claimed that TIPRA Motha has been trying to divide Tripura in the name of attaining Greater Tipraland The Tripura Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance or TIPRA Motha a regional political party led by royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarma seeks a separate state for the indigenous people of Tripura Union minister of State for Social Empowerment and Justice Bhoumik said the so-called Bubagra ruler has been misleading the indigenous people by injecting the Greater Tipraland concept when the Biplab Kumar Deb government has been making all efforts to develop tribal areas Addressing a party programme at Mandwai in West Tripura district the Union minister claimed that there have been persistent efforts to stall development works in tribal areas to defame the BJP- led government You are acting as the leader of the people who believe in terror tactics Nobody gives you the license to unleash terror and the people are ready to give a befitting reply she said without naming whom she meant by you Alleging that TIPRA Motha has been working to help the CPIM Bhoumik said Why didnt you raise Greater Tipraland demand before the BJP came to power Your father Kirit Bikram Mankiya Bahadur and mother Maharani Bibhu Kumari Devi were MPs from the state when Congress ruled the country You were a big leader in the Congress before floating TIPRA Motha Why are you raising the Greater Tipraland demand now It is because you want to help the CPIM that had ruled the state for long but did nothing for the tribals of the state The BJP-IPFT alliance came to power in the north-eastern state in 2018 by ending 25 years of CPIM-led Left Front rule Highlighting the BJPs initiatives for giving due respect to the erstwhile royal family of Tripura and the indigenous people the Union minister said it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had renamed Agartala Airport as Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport after the saffron party came to power The Biplab Kumar Deb government has decided to celebrate Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadurs birth anniversary in a befitting manner all over the state Now you want to divide the state by raising the slogan of thansa unity among the tribal people she said The princely state which was ruled by tribal kings for about 500 years joined the Indian union in 1949 Asserting that the people will give a strong message to the Greater Tipraland demand in the 2023 Assembly elections the Union minister claimed no political force would be able to oust the BJP government in Tripura for the next 50 years The TIPRA Motha swept the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council TTAADC elections held in April last year winning 18 of the 28 seats over the Greater Tipraland demand in a direct contest with the ruling BJP-IPFT alliance Greater Tipraland is essentially an extension of ruling partner Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripuras demand for Tipraland a separate state for tribals by carving out of the TTAADC area However the new demand seeks to include every tribal living inside and outside the TTAADC area The Greater Tipraland idea does not restrict only to Tripura and seeks to also include Tripuris living in Assam Mizoram and Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh However the royal scion has never clarified if his demand for Greater Tipraland seeks to redraw the territorial boundaries of Tripura or whether the proposed states map also includes parts of Assam Mizoram and Bangladesh PTI PS JRC JRC

New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): With just one year left for the Rajasthan Assembly elections, it is crucial for the Congress high command to resolve the ongoing tussle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot -- a contender for Chief Minister's position -- who met the Gandhis yesterday.

Bhopal Apr 20 PTI Senior Congress leaders in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday huddled up for dinner at the official residence of the partys state unit president Kamal Nath here to discuss the strategy for the state Assembly elections to be held towards the end of 2023 Besides Nath former chief minister Digvijaya Singh former union ministers Kantilal Bhuria Suresh Pachori and Arun Yadav and former leader of opposition Ajay Singh were present for the dinner meet sources said The intention was to discuss the partys strategy for the next years assembly polls they said Nath briefed the Congress leaders about his and Digvijaya Singhs recent meeting with party president Sonia Gandhi and also shared its plan to rope in the services of poll strategist Prashant Kishore they said Nath told the attendees that Sonia Gandhi has asked the party workers and leaders to raise their voice against the Centre to register protest on issues like inflation and fuel price hike to counter the divisive politics of the BJP the sources said The former chief minister also shared the survey reports about the sitting Congress MLAs including former ministers and told them to take corrective steps by mingling with the public Nearly 25-30 Congress MLAs are in the red danger zone the sources said adding that even Nath had told them individually about their situation After remaining out of power in Madhya Pradesh since 2003 the Congress had formed the government in 2018 with Nath being appointed as the chief minister However 15 months later the Congress government collapsed following a revolt by the then party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia who along with his supporter MLAs including six ministers resigned from the Congress and joined the BJP and paving the way for the return of the saffron rule again in the state PTI MAS NP NP

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 20 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday reached Karnataka to attend an event on Thursday.

Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 20 (ANI): Addressing a press conference, Delhi Environment Minister, Gopal Rai, on Wednesday gave a new slogan 'We will change Chhattisgarh' and said that there will be Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led government in Chhattisgarh after 2023 elections.

Jaipur Mar 23 PTI Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra on Wednesday called upon party workers to take all major schemes of the state government to people Dotasra was addressing a review meeting of the partys membership drive at the state Congress office here He said the chief minister presented a historic budget in which all sections of society including farmers youth women students and the Dalits have been benefitted Dotasra said The chief minister has discharged his responsibility by presenting a splendid budget and implementing public welfare schemes Now it is the responsibility of the office-bearers of the Congress that the benefits of major schemes reach each and everyone he said He said if all Congress workers discharge the responsibility given by the organisation then no force will be able to stop the Congress from repeating its government in the state in the 2023 Assembly polls PTI AG RDK RDK

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 30 (ANI): MP Renukacharya, the Political Adviser to the Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai, has demanded the Chief Minister and state BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel to dismiss some Ministers who he alleged did not work in their constituency and did not respond to pleas of the people, saying that some Ministers have developed an ego and feel that the government cannot exist without their presence.

Hubballi (Karnataka) [India], December 29 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh claimed on Wednesday that BJP will win around 150 sets in 224 seat Assembly in the 2023 Assembly election under the leadership of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.